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A Case of Esophageal Fibrovascular Polyp That Induced Asphyxia during Sleep
Esophageal fibrovascular polyps are rare, benign, submucosal tumors of the upper digestive tract that usually have an indolent course until the lesion attains a very large size. The most frequent complaints associated with these tumors include dysphagia and foreign body sensation. However, a long pe...
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The Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3928480/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24570890 http://dx.doi.org/10.5946/ce.2014.47.1.101 |
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author | Park, Jin-Seok Bang, Byoung Wook Shin, Junyoung Kwon, Kye Sook Kim, Hyung Gil Shin, Yong Woon Choi, Suk Jin |
author_facet | Park, Jin-Seok Bang, Byoung Wook Shin, Junyoung Kwon, Kye Sook Kim, Hyung Gil Shin, Yong Woon Choi, Suk Jin |
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description | Esophageal fibrovascular polyps are rare, benign, submucosal tumors of the upper digestive tract that usually have an indolent course until the lesion attains a very large size. The most frequent complaints associated with these tumors include dysphagia and foreign body sensation. However, a long pedunculated polyp can regurgitate into the pharynx or oral cavity and cause asphyxia and sudden death if the larynx is occluded. We describe the case of a 51-year-old man who experienced snoring and occasional asphyxia during sleep. Upper endoscopy was performed, which indicated the presence of a pedunculated esophageal polyp that regurgitated into the vocal cords. The polyp was removed using a polypectomy snare and was confirmed to be a fibrovascular polyp based on pathologic examination findings. Three months after the excision of the polyp, the patient was found to be doing well without any further occurrence of asphyxia or sleep disturbances. |
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spelling | pubmed-39284802014-02-25 A Case of Esophageal Fibrovascular Polyp That Induced Asphyxia during Sleep Park, Jin-Seok Bang, Byoung Wook Shin, Junyoung Kwon, Kye Sook Kim, Hyung Gil Shin, Yong Woon Choi, Suk Jin Clin Endosc Case Report Esophageal fibrovascular polyps are rare, benign, submucosal tumors of the upper digestive tract that usually have an indolent course until the lesion attains a very large size. The most frequent complaints associated with these tumors include dysphagia and foreign body sensation. However, a long pedunculated polyp can regurgitate into the pharynx or oral cavity and cause asphyxia and sudden death if the larynx is occluded. We describe the case of a 51-year-old man who experienced snoring and occasional asphyxia during sleep. Upper endoscopy was performed, which indicated the presence of a pedunculated esophageal polyp that regurgitated into the vocal cords. The polyp was removed using a polypectomy snare and was confirmed to be a fibrovascular polyp based on pathologic examination findings. Three months after the excision of the polyp, the patient was found to be doing well without any further occurrence of asphyxia or sleep disturbances. The Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2014-01 2014-01-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3928480/ /pubmed/24570890 http://dx.doi.org/10.5946/ce.2014.47.1.101 Text en Copyright © 2014 Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Park, Jin-Seok Bang, Byoung Wook Shin, Junyoung Kwon, Kye Sook Kim, Hyung Gil Shin, Yong Woon Choi, Suk Jin A Case of Esophageal Fibrovascular Polyp That Induced Asphyxia during Sleep |
title | A Case of Esophageal Fibrovascular Polyp That Induced Asphyxia during Sleep |
title_full | A Case of Esophageal Fibrovascular Polyp That Induced Asphyxia during Sleep |
title_fullStr | A Case of Esophageal Fibrovascular Polyp That Induced Asphyxia during Sleep |
title_full_unstemmed | A Case of Esophageal Fibrovascular Polyp That Induced Asphyxia during Sleep |
title_short | A Case of Esophageal Fibrovascular Polyp That Induced Asphyxia during Sleep |
title_sort | case of esophageal fibrovascular polyp that induced asphyxia during sleep |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3928480/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24570890 http://dx.doi.org/10.5946/ce.2014.47.1.101 |
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